4th Grade collects the most money and their spirit of fun in this Penny War really helped our school's overall collection!
Love all the playful looks as they are putting coins and pennies in the containers on their way to Recess!
Book A Bunga Peer Reading!
The 8th graders joined us for partner reading. It was so fun to see the kids sharing books and thinking about ideas! Thank you!
Talking Pebbles or Learning How to Share in a Discussion
This is one cooperative technique that I use to help the kids learn to share information, opinions, and evidence in an academic discussion. In this picture, there were 9 pebbles put on the table. Each student will take one after they contribute to the learning. They take turns talking and each supports the others by making sure the ideas shared are on the lesson.
Having the physical piece of the learning helps them to internalize the concept because it shows what they did. 🙌
4th Graders Kyleigh and Felicity received recognition for their essay and art respectively, at the MLK Jr. Award Ceremony!
City of Moscow Mayor, Art Bettge, announced their awards!
The picture is from the MPDaily News by JoAnne Muneta of the Human Rights Task Force. They sponsor the competition. Each winner got $25 to spend at Book People. They were so excited!
Sandra Kelly, Moscow City Councilmember, visits us!
Ms. Kelly came in to explain what she does for the city, how things work, and why she loves being part of it. It was fun to learn that she grew up in Mountain Home and took an active interest in problem-solving at an early age. She told some great stories and got the kids thinking about ideas and things that they can do.
We are lucky to have interesting and engaged community members like Ms. Kelly in our town!
Clarissssa🐍 is ready for 3rd Quarter!
🏫It is exciting to be starting the second half of the year.🙌
There is progress in many areas for these students like having appropriate student behavior each day so that they learn as much as they can and their classmates do too! As a class, they are helping each other by participating with good attitudes and effort in their work.🌞 The culture of learning shows in how many times they have filled the Mug of Marvelous Acts! We are planning another celebration this coming week!🦁
In the 3rd Quarter, there are more goals as the kids have gotten stronger at handling their responsibilities. You, as a family member, can help them so much by signing Reading Logs,📖 signing Planners, and asking if their assignments are getting completed on time.⏲
They will continue Lexia as it helps them learn many parts of the language, while Newsela helps them learn to critically think and annotate their work before taking a quiz. This quarter is the start of each of them having to have 5 quizzes taken at 100%.✍ We have been preparing for this goal for 2 quarters. Of course, keep at the practice with multiplication and division basic facts.
Thank you, Ms. Bonzo
P.S. Clarisssssa says she loves that the kids are really learning how to study and cite information when they write.😁
She sees so much!!🤭
Meeting with Clarissssa!
Taya's face says it all and Evelyn was gentle and supportive so that our class pet felt comfortable and safe.
On Friday, the kids got a chance to touch or hold Clarisssssa if they were interested. It was a good conversation and always a highlight of January. The kids wait for this day!!
At 18 years old, Clarissssa is a mature snake and handles all the attention very well. Thanks to Mrs. Miller, who loves snakes, and Clarissssa, for coming to class so that I can take pictures while Clarissssa is "Meeting and Greeting!"
Annie, Aiden, and Jesper enjoy the food brought for our celebration of marvelous acts! We filled the mug AGAIN!!
How the mug gets filled: The kids get 4 marbles every time they level up in Lexia, get 100% on a Newsela article, turn in a reading log, or other types of student behavior that helps them grow as a learner. Plus, they get acknowledgment for cooperation and stamina for what we do together in class.
The kids cooperated and they volunteered the items so that there was a yummy breakfast buffet of pancakes, waffles, bacon, fruit, juice and toppings, utensils, paper towels, plates, and cups.
Thank you to Jesper's mom, Jessica, who helped serve. Thank you to all the parents too for helping get these things to our classroom!
It was an excellent start to our day! 🙌😊
Triad Debrief during Hacksack Game
The groups were throwing at each other within the big circle because I made up a game for them for a possible 5 minutes of added recess.
When we were in one big circle, the group of three could only throw to their partners in 45 seconds.
We did the activity three times and they all really got better. They earned an extra 2 minutes. In the last round, 10 seconds were deducted if the hackysack hit the floor. We did lots of math and the team play was very fun!
Their cooperation and playful attitudes have grown so much this year!
Our Door Decoration: Presents 4 Our World
The kids learned to make a pop-up card and then brought in little boxes to decorate to hold the card.
They gave such sweet things to the world such as love, joy, family, candy, and peace! They know what is really important.
The project took about 5 and half hours of work and I am so proud of the effort and care they put into our beautiful door to celebrate this time of year!
Aubree and Aria, the Teacher's Assistants, call letters for Multiplication BINGO or Bonzo-- as I kidded with them yesterday! It was fun to hear them laugh!
The topic in math has been using the array or partial products strategies to solve math equations like 3487 X 5 = J. But what makes all this work possible is to have the 1-12 multiplication math facts memorized. More of the class is getting them, but all the practice is necessary so that solving problems doesn't bog them down just because a simple math fact like, 4 x 6 gets them stuck.
We have used, dice, cards, games, and counting in multiples as ways to practice. There are lots of ways to have fun and learn these. As a holiday gift for your kids-- ask them to do some math facts with you!
They will love playing with you.
Happy Holidays!!
The Holiday < Hidden> Happy Exchange
This was the first day of the giving and receiving! It was so fun to see them enjoy themselves and then share what they had gotten. We talked about the process of how they had learned about the idea and then all the talking and planning of how to do this type of class activity.
It is in this season that we remember important things and people.
Tomorrow, the kids will get to do Day 2 of the HoHiHa Exchange. And, after they open their presents, everyone will get to guess. It is really so much fun because they will talk with the person that they gave to, and to the person they received from, and then there will be lots more sharing! This is a time of good storytelling and classroom connections are made.
Watercolor Painting on the Holiday Cards that the kids created for our Door Decoration-- Our message is "Presents 4 our World."
They wrote a message with a pop-up center and today more color was added. Tomorrow, outline and put in the boxes for the door. Presents. With Messages. 🎁 Lots of fine motor work and creativity.
We have had 16 kids this week. Hope to have everyone back soon-- it will be fun to have their messages.
